This weekend saw an incredible assembly of fighter game players attending the UK’s VSFighting event, featuring some of the biggest names in the business. The UK is well-known for its colossal fighting game tournaments, but it’s rare that it sees such a star-studded line-up of players. This past weekend VSFighting took place at Millennium Point
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Weappy Studio and THQ Nordic are releasing This is the Police 2 on PC in just over a week, so they released a new trailer for the game. It’s titled “Welcome to Sharpwood” and does a great job establishing a tone and showcasing the messed up town the game takes place in. Sharpwood seems to
After having been in Early Access via Steam for nearly two months, Hi-Rez Studios today announced that Realm Royale will be arriving on Xbox One and PS4 next week. This announcement comes alongside Hi-Rez also revealing that 4 million players have checked out Realm Royale so far on PC. The PS4 and Xbox One versions of Realm Royale have
Today D3 Publisher released a brand new and rather extensive gameplay trailer of its upcoming action game Bullet Girls Phantasia. Being a Bullet Girls game and a D3 Publisher title, you probably knew what you were getting into just by reading the headline. While no actual nudity is shown (it’s not that kind of game… barely),
Last year, Ether One developer White Paper Games announced The Occupation, a politically fueled first-person investigation game where players control a whistleblowing journalist. Humble Bundle came on board as publisher last year, and today we learned that The Occupation will be getting a physical release and hitting store shelves on PC, PS4, and Xbox One
There are iconic fanbase rivalries that have seemingly existed since gaming’s earliest age. Do you prefer Super Mario Bros. or Sonic the Hedgehog? What about Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat? But rarely do you see an inter-series rivalry as fierce as the Mega Man versus Mega Man X debates. While Mega Man (or Rockman for Eastern readers) series is the original that kickstarted the iconic Blue Bomber and
Video game publisher Surprise Attack Games has today announced that they will be rebranding as Fellow Traveller. This move coincides with a new direction for the publisher as they stated their new focus is to fund and publish “unusual games, especially those with narrative at their core.” In addition, Fellow Traveller also announced that they have
This past week at San Diego Comic-Con, Treyarch revealed that Zombie fans would be finally getting a special edition of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 to themselves in the form of the Mystery Box Edition, but aside from the original image, we didn’t really get a good look at the pinnacle item: a large replica of the in-game
If you were upset that you weren’t able to play Fortnite’s Playground mode a few weeks ago, then there is some good news for you. Today, developer Epic Games announced that the incredibly popular mode will be making a return this Wednesday, July 25, 2018, just one day after the game’s one-year anniversary update, much to the
As Rocket League celebrate its third birthday, the game’s developer Psyonix shows no signs of slowing down. In a blog post published earlier today, Psyonix revealed the drop rates for Rocket League’s in-game crates. These drop rates (which, according to Psyonix, have been unchanged since the game launched the “Crates and Keys” system in September 2016)
With the five-year anniversary of both the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One quickly approaching, it comes as no surprise that we’re already hearing rumblings about “next-gen” video games and consoles. Hell, we might have even seen a couple of titles (or ones that will bridge generations) at this year’s E3. But just like the
During a recent interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Bandai Namco Entertainment’s European Digital and Marketing VP Hervé Hoerdt stated that the company hopes that 50% of its business can come from new IPs in the future. One of these new properties is Twin Mirror, an adventure game from Life is Strange and Vampyr developer Dontnod. Hervé Hoerdt discussed
After releasing a brief teaser trailer late last week, Ubisoft has today revealed the entirety of the Rainbow Six Siege content that will be making its way to Ghost Recon Wildlands tomorrow as part of the Special Operation 2 update. Special operators from Rainbow Six Siege Valkyrie, Twitch, and Caveira will be making their way into Ghost Recon Wildlands in a special mission called
An interesting development will occur in the next 5.10 update for Fortnite: Battle Royale, and that comes in the form of a change to The Slurp Juice. Currently, it gives out 25 HP and 25 shield, but it will soon be revamped to give out more health or shield. Hooray, I hear you cry! The
Bandai Namco Entertianment is an ever-growing presence in the games publishing scene, and it seems like they only plan on expanding with new IP in the near future. In a recent interview with GamesIndustry.biz, European Digital and Marketing VP Hervé Hoerdt stated that the studio wants 50% of the studio’s games and business to be from
With QuakeCon 2018 rapidly approaching from August 9-12, Bethesda today has revealed more details on just what those who are attending the conference and those who will be watching from home can expect. To kick things off on Friday, August 10 at 12:00 EST, QuakeCon’s keynote address will take place and will feature updates on Quake Champions, RAGE
Visual novels are a very peculiar genre, which tends to be very specific to Japan, with quite a few recent imitations from developers who love Japanese games. Among the immense production of visual novels coming from the archipelago of the Rising Sun, the Muv-Luv series is certainly one of the most popular. Interestingly, it tends
While there are those who shrug the series off each year, EA’s Madden series has a very devoted fanbase excited to find out what’s new annually. Madden NFL 19 comes out in just a couple weeks, with improvements being seen in animations, Ultimate Team, and Franchise Mode. The game will also be available on PC for
For the 29th week of the year ending on July 21, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is once again the winner and still champion of the weekly UK sales chart. This is the fourth consecutive week that Crash Bandicoot has taken the top spot in UK Sales since debuting on Switch and Xbox One late last month. None of
Today Koei Tecmo posted its financial results for the first quarter of the fiscal year, related to the period between April 1st and June 30th. Revenue was 8,109 million yen, up 24% year-on-year, and operating income was 2,294, up 133% year-on-year. That being said, both ordinary income and net income were slightly down. In any case, all
Today Ys Net released a new update for its Shenmue III Kickstarter campaign, and it’s certainly an interesting one. First of all, we learned that the crowdfunding campaign for the game has finally passed seven million dollars thanks to post-Kickstarter pledges on PayPal. This means another stretch goal unlocked, and the “AI Battling” battle system feature will
In the hot San Diego Comic-Con Weekend, Marvel and Insomniac Games went all out with the promotion of Marvel’s Spider-Man, including multiple panels. During one of those, which was livestreamed by Marvel, Executive Creative Director Bill Roseman, Insomniac Games Creative Director Bryan Intihar, Art Director Jacinda Chew, and Game Director Ryan Smith provided more information about the
Today, a new gameplay trailer debuted for the survival horror game S.O.N. on PlayStation’s YouTube Channel. Developed by RedG Studios, the game looks just as creepy as it did in the first gameplay trailer that was released back in May. S.O.N. follows Robert Alderson as he desperately searches for his son Jay who has gone missing deep within
While many things will change in MercurySteam’s third-person shooter/brawler Raiders of the Broken Planet as it transitions into its new free-to-play form Spacelords, one thing will remain the same, and that’s the game’s charming art style. In order to know more about it, DualShockers talked with Art Director Jorge Benedito at the studio’s headquarters in San Sebastian de Los Reyes,
When you think about it, it is amazing how resounding Martin Sahlin’s homemade doll Yarny is — especially to an ever-maturing crowd of gamers. Yet ever since the Swedish developer revealed his original project at EA’s 2015 Press Conference, Unravel and Yarny have held a special place in the hearts of indie aficionados. Imagine the surprise when Unravel
With the relaunch of Riders of the Broken Planet as Spacelord, a lot is going to change for MercurySteam’s free to play-to-be third-person shooter/brawler game. Earlier this week, DualShockers visited the developers HQ in San Sebastian de Los Reyes, Spain, in order to get more details on what players can expect from the shift. To that end,
Back on Thursday, Insomniac Games revealed the Velocity Suit for Marvel’s Spider-Man, and they shared more about it during a livestreamed panel from San Diego Comic Con. Marvel Games Executive Creative Director Bill Rosemann, Insomniac Games Lead Character Artist Gavin Goulden, Art Director Jacinda Chew, and comic book artist Adi Granov talked about the creation of the
If you’re a NieR: Automata fan and you enjoy collecting figures, be ready to take a loan, because Square Enix has quite a few in store. First of all, a new A2 static figure was presented by the Square Enix eStore’s Twitter account. The figure is already available for pre-order, and will cost 6,998 yen. It
The US PlayStation Store is having a flash sale this weekend, and if you still have extra cash after the Steam sale, you can save up to 70% on some great titles for PS4, PS3, PS Vita, and PSP while it’s going on. With the first episode of Life is Strange 2 due out on September 27th, you can
Today Bandai Namco released a new batch of screenshots of the upcoming anime fighting-action game Jump Force. The screenshots focus on the recently-announced playable character Ichigo Kurosaki from the popular anime and manga Bleach. We get to see him in action against Zoro and Luffy from another of Shonen Jump’s popular franchises, One Piece. Looks like